Classic. If you watch this , then u watch 'witness to the mob ' you see the difference in quality. The latter is so damn cheesy it's hard to watch. This movie is gold
Never could a person listen to a movie critic who could say "I knew him" "I was there" "That really happened" "That didn't happen" until Michael came along. This is so great. SO GREAT. Michael, time to write a series from A to Z. The truth about the mob.
It's unbelievable that the same guy who played Donnie Brasco later went on to play Captain Jack Sparrow. Talk about acting range! From cannoli to cannons.
I always enjoyed “Donnie Brasco.” It’s not flashy or over the top, like a lot of movies in its genre try to be. Pretty pathetic life for Lefty and the other guys (from a movie perspective). Sitting in the same lounge every day, trying to come up with petty scams. Busting open the parking meter got to me lol
All i know is you better start earning or you gonna get "clipped." you know the worst was the velour warmup suit, looked like something a frumpy housewife would wear. that was sad.
love it too back then the wife or women respected fully the man lefty wasn't mean he was just speaking as a man to girlfriend I wish I was born in the 69,70 so I can live all the best moment till is 2005 or the new generation today generation make Me sick
there you should be 2 buttons instead of Like and Dislike it should be (Fugetabout it) and (Ahh Fugetabouit it) and if you tube flags you for a copyright strike, it should be referred to as YOU TUBE REQUESTED A SIT-DOWN and if they're gonna cancel your channel it should be referred to as YOU GOT SENT FOR BY YOU TUBE and now your'e gonna get Whacked and it's your be your best friend that takes down your channel LOL
@@michaelfranzese You are a great speaker man. Another guy I love listening to, not mob related but a interesting story, ís Matt Cox. He's an interesting guy to listen to.
@@michaelfranzese Hey Michael love your videos. I was wandering how well you knew Tommy Desimone? Can you do a video about him? Was he as dangerous as Henry Hill says?
My favorite scene is when DB is explaining to the other fbi agents about what forget a bout it means, three words with so many different meanings ! Classic
@@szzk7937 lol you think your being funny.. if you said that to him back in The day to his face of course because the internet has made every one a tough guy because you have no consequences. But anyway you would never say that in person
@@eddp.8289 amen I wish people or close friend will be loyal like that today sadly social media and attention and bullsh**t got everybody weak I wish I could live those years back then
The chemistry between Pacino and Depp was just brilliant in this film. The fugazi scene, the hit in the basement, even the ending with Lefty -accepting his fate- quietly leaving his belongings in an open drawer to be discovered by his wife later. All very memorable scenes. Pacino is my favourite actor and I’ve seen at least 95% of his work. An artist truly passionate about his craft.
Yehh...wish there were people like him today in the entertainment industry. Treating it like it should be treated. An art form. Instead of a platform for politics and propaganda, with disgusting fake, entitled people everywhere.
Yeah, Mike mentioned "I don;t know who did work on dialogue, but it was great and realistic". Well, that's because Pistone himself worked on the movie with them
@@firestorbucket oh that's interesting❕ Ty 👍, now it makes sense❗💁♀️1st time when I saw the D.B.; ... Well I was a kid & Back then, I didnt understood either what Lefty meant🤷♀️ LoL 🙃
Yes sir i agree!! I feel he's a man of realness and he doesnt bullshit and I'm glad to say I'm part of his crew and it has been nothing but helpful to me!! And im also to be helpful to the people on there as well. Anyone that is seeing this if your looking for a nonjudgemental and down to earth community to be apart of as well as a place for advice and genuine conversations. Go to app.michaelfranzese.com/share/lBnmswc8X8Vg1lf5
I'm still in awe that I'm watching mob movie reviews from a legit gangster that was actually present for this. The bar for authentic movie reviews has been raised forever.
@@HiveFleetUlfang1 That contract is, and never was, going to be carried out. If the mob hit an FBI agent, the mob would be declaring war against the US Dept of Justice. Theyd have so much heat, they wouldn’t be able to steal a .50 newspaper without law enforcement breathing down their neck.
The funny thing is, is that I've been watching this movie for the past few days, and I just watched it before I watched this video. What a coincidence! 😄
I'll say it. I prefer Donnie Brasco over Goodfellas. First 2/3 of Goodfellas is brilliant, but the last stretch with the drugs and helicopters, always lost my interest. Donnie B is solid from beginning to end. Pacino gives possibly his best performance.
Exact same feeling about Goodfellas. Last 3rd just didn't work for me while earlier it was great. Donnie kept me interested till the very end and so did Casino.
Bruh, you’re crazy, the third act is just as great as the rest of the movie. I love both movies, but Goodfellas is better than Donnie Brasco. Even thought both are solid.
Pacino's my favorite actor, never understood how he didn't win the Oscar for "Dog Day Afternoon" amazing performance ,then i found out Jack Nicholson won it that year for "One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest" i was like "ehh ok, i can accept that".
Yeah back then they had to decide between what legendary instant classic will get the oscar. Today it's about what movie got the right percentages of races casted.
BEST line from the movie: "Ain't nothing like the army. The army is some guy you don't know sends you out to whack some other guy you don't know." (Lefty)
I caught that comment too and pondered it today. Being a "made man" made Lefty right ( how 'bout that wordplay, huh?). But from my point of view, Donnie was right. Comparing Cosa Nostra to the Army ( or the military in general): both have well-structured hierarchies; lower-level members are called "soldiers"; in both organizations you could be ordered to kill someone you don't know by someone you don't really know; in both, members have an image to maintain; there are rules to be followed; and you're on-call 24/7 - first time I've resorted to that term ( I'm an oldtimer). I know there are many other similarities and tremendous differences, but on the whole, I'd say military life and life in Cosa Nostra are more alike than different.
@@cedricgist7614 Yeah, especially since boss Salvatore Maranzano, a Roman Empire enthusiast, modeled the heirarchy of Cosa Nostra after the Roman military's chain of command (Godfather 2 even mentions it). The sad truth Lefty here is implying is that soldiers arent forced to lead their friends into a room and put two in the back of their head, that there's a slight comfort in shooting an enemy whose family you don't know, and whose face you might not even see. Wiseguys don't have that comfort. Their killers greet them with a disarming smile.
@@TheLight965 - Good comment. The mention of Maranzano reminds me of the scene in "The Valachi Papers" where Maranzano gives Valachi a book on Caesar's campaigns ( if I rightly recall). I know now that " The Valachi Papers" wasn't as accurate as I thought it to be ( shame on me ) but I often find myself mimicking Joseph Wiseman saying, "And my driver, Joe Valachi" - then I'll ad lib, "And my good friend, Joe Valachi" - all the while recalling that Valachi was conveniently absent when Luciano's hitmen took out Maranzano.
Yes Michael is very articulate. Remember though, that he was in training/under graduate, to become a doctor. He must have had a good education to reach that position. Have a nice day and God bless. 👍
@@michaelfranzese You're wrong!That agent inserted himself ontothat crew.He loved the life.He lived with these people earnedwith them and BROKE the law with these people. Lefty saved his life twice because that agent wanted to set up drug deals unbeknownst to the crew!At least two men wiseguys or not were killed because of that whacko Pistone!GTFOH Michael.
Kevin Ahn The draft is public enemy number one in Croatia, it causes all sort of medical problems... if you listen to the old people anyway. I suspect it is or was the same in Italy.
Grant Sherman he actually looks better now than he did when he was younger. There’s something really cold and menacing looking about the younger pictures of him, which I guess figures since he was a mafioso
cool gamer It’s crazzy My Dads 50 also but all the nurses here at the hospital after I got shot use to say “You and you Brother look alike.” I’m like that’s my damn Dad* lol
@@nwcoastlife think exactly the same as you,suppose hes not under the pressure he was when he was younger,hope I look half as good as he does when I'm 69,if I make it that far.
I agree. He wasn't very attractive to me during his younger years. All that gum chewing really made it worse! But now... I find him extremely attractive. Some men are just like that. 👍🕊
Not a stand-up gentleman by his own definition -- he said himself he considers Lefty a standup guy because he refused to break the oath of omerta they both swore, unlike Michael himself.
Imagine why don't you go see them for yourself look up Norby Walter's & the smoking gun documents?!?!?! Micheal trying to act like he a born again Christian but then he wants to make money off this acting like he was this crazy ass mob killer guy kept it solid the whole time foh yeah he made money but he was soft & he testified tell him to tell you about those story's my guy
Jae KIDd N his 508 Cents wow your such a hater. He’s posting these videos for free, but John Alite is looking for money from his subscribers to see full episodes.
@@szzk7937 don't be like that on this channel. I'm not trying to tell you what to do, and you'll probably say something really nasty in reply, but this isn't that kind of channel. It's trying to be a positive thing…
My favorite scene was when Lefty and "Donny" were standing outside and watching the bosses enter the building. That look on Lefty's face of him trying to look important, but feeling left out was all so pathetic. It really made you feel for the poor guy. He was the best man he could be, but he wasn't boss material. I remember as a kid seeing some of the "big guys" in the neighborhood - they seemed like Royalty to us kids. They never looked at any of us either. I know that feeling of being on the outside looking in. It didn't hurt us kids, but must have really hurt a made guy, knowing he was never going to be a top man.
Al Pacino was great in this movie, I can relate my parents were heavy smokers in the 70s and my brother and I sitting in a buttoned up car with smoke filling the cabin. We would complain that we were dying and choking but my father would yell at us and say the draft would make us sick!
🤭😂 As kids, when we complained about the smoke filled car & asked parents/grown ups to crack a window the response we'd get was, "The AC is on! We cant waste the AC!"
treesab,. Totally agree with you. Cigarette smoke is terrible, I can't take it. I worked in Automotive shops and machine shops a good part of my life. Many different chemicals you had to use. Didn't use to bother me. Now, if I spray paint or use chemicals, I need lots of air or have to leave. Especially after spraying paint. Totally feel your pain. May GOD bless.
It’s crazy how this man gets my attention week in week out. Literally the only guy for who I could spend hours behind my phone screen on RUclips. Very interesting stories! Thank you and take care, Michael!
The only person that holds this movie back is Depp. The dialogue between him and his wife, especially at the beginning (“put the phone on your pillow. I want to hear your breathe”). That part and others were like nails on a chalkboard.
Another great one I saw that film on a family holiday to Cyprus I was on a pullout bed in althe lounge and stayed up late and it came on TV I was about 8 years old.
Bronx Tale was a good fantasy movie.. a la maybe something Chaz Palmentieri saw. But it was fiction. Flirtation with the life. Real life mob guys are predatory scumbags.
Jocko Adams actually it wasn’t fiction. It was a true story based on Chaz Palimentari growing up in the Fordham section of the Bronx, which is where I was born.
Never realized how boring my other channels were until I stumbled across your channel, so glad I did love the videos I've seen so far, great job! God bless and stay safe!
I always get a good laugh at a scene on the boat. Lefty says “I’m so disgusted with you right now. You know that?” Donnie “yeah you just said that” Lefty *legs crossed with a drink in his hand* “just so you know” I laugh every time. Such a childish yet believable exchange
On-screen, the chemistry between Lefty (Pacino) and Donnie (Depp) was off the charts great. I love the follow up to that car scene. Lefty doesn't get whacked, gets upset when he gets a lion as a gift from Sonny Black. Donnie tries to get Lefty to look on the bright side that he didn't get clipped and Lefty denies ever suggesting that he was going to get killed.
To me the best moment was when Lefty tells Donnie he loves him. It was so genuine, and even though he was a mobster, you kinda appreciate him in way. In real life Sonny Black (they switched them in the movie) really loved Donnie Brasco.
Donnie you wanna kill me with that draft? It always made me laugh so hard that he wouldn’t let him put the window down. I’m so happy you chose this scene. Cinematic Gold!
Every Italian man thinks he can cook. But, every Italian man will also tell you his mom or his grandmother is the greatest cook who ever lived. Anybody who grew up in an Italian family, no matter how old they are, remembers their grandmother’s sauce/gravy. How her house smelled all day while she was cooking. Italian men do make good cooks, but nothing like grandma could do.
When I think of the Italian side of my family perhaps the first thing I think of is the food. I can't watch any cooking scene like that without thinking about my family.
That first scene: Lefty’s pride combined with “shame”, that he is not a top guy, got exploited by Donnie to blind him and fool him into letting him in.
He won’t say anything to directly incriminate himself on something that isn’t already common knowledge. Notice when he talks he doesn’t go into specifics.
When Michael Franzese reviews a movie and breaks down scenes he does it so well and to the point it makes you wonder if all the movies critics we've seen and listened to in the last 50 years should have been in another profession //
@@ChristianBaleNutjob bored enough to want more commentary of Michael on Donnie Brasco? oh definitely, bored enough to go on a random comment thread on youtube to try to troll someone? no I haven't reached your level of boredom yet.
I am from Boston and would love to hear you talk about Whitey Bulger. It amazes me that Patriarca family allowed him to become so powerful. Were there any rumblings about him being a possible informant? Maybe a st Patrick's day review of Black mass or something? I am very interested in your thoughts. Keep making great videos!
Another movie with Chaz Palminteri that is not realistic at all but still great is Innocent Blood, directed by John Landis. Sort of a cross between Goodfellas and An American Werewolf in London.
The way he speaks about his past life is very deep and authentic. He shows respect and humbleness to everybody we knew back then and everyone he knows now. He is just an awesome man. Keep up the good work man❤️
I’ve always thought that Al Pacino’s portrayal of Lefty was one of his greatest performances. He was big load his presence was all over the screen. It’s very underrated.
I can listen to Michael's stories & details about the Mob Life just as many times that I've watched Goodfellas... He's a smooth laid back dude & God Bless em that he was able to leave his place & position as a mobster without a bullet in his head...
I've been watching you on RUclips for a few months and today I finally subscribed. Thank you for what you are doing. Keep it up! You and your family are in my prayers.
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My favorite part of the movie was when Lefty gave Donnie an envelope full of cash on Christmas,then borrowed the cash as soon as he gave it to him.
Soo funny, he even knows the exact pocket where Donnie stashed the envelope.
He didn’t borrow *anyting*
He took it from Donnie
Funny
Crazy
@@arealgem9404 right on
“What’re ya trying to kill me with that draft?!” Cracks me up every time
@Bobby Jackal and lit up a couple of back to back cigarettes which he was puffing on like a maniac. This movie was so great.
@@andrewcook1246
While being on the way to his own hit, knowing he’s being driven to his death.
I can't believe it beside us Serbs obviously Italians afraid of draft 2 😂
This was some of Pacinos' best work. He and Depp were amazing in this movie.
I could not agree more, they work so great together!! Love this movie!
True
Classic
agree fully
Classic. If you watch this , then u watch 'witness to the mob ' you see the difference in quality. The latter is so damn cheesy it's hard to watch. This movie is gold
I got a call from my boss the day after seeing this movie. I told my wife: “I’ve been sent for”.
🤣
@@tonyphilbrook8650 qq
Lmao! That's great! 😂
Ha
Funny
Never could a person listen to a movie critic who could say "I knew him" "I was there" "That really happened" "That didn't happen" until Michael came along. This is so great. SO GREAT. Michael, time to write a series from A to Z. The truth about the mob.
Especially saying that the Irishman was bullsh!t
@@HazeleyedbriI tried to watch that movie last night, and the prosthetics made it unwatchable
He wasn't there for Casino.
Do you want him to get whacked ? Because if he does A to Z he will get whacked
@@Miixx-yi6rktotally. “The game is to be sold not to be told…”. Omerta means that you don’t bear witness against your affiliates.
Probably Johnny Depp's most slept on roles. He killed it.
Penultimate Depp if you ask me. Public enemy is close #2
Well he did die in a house while it was turned upside down? Hmmm... surveys say
Pacino outshone him ..
Fuggetabouit.
This and public enemy
This movie is extremely underrated.
Ya I hear u to me it's a masterpiece
Spiritual Warrior I don’t think it deserves the term masterpiece, too many time skips and too many things are just not explained well
@@BabyKobeeee u must really be a baby
Correct
Comparing yourself to kobe
It's unbelievable that the same guy who played Donnie Brasco later went on to play Captain Jack Sparrow. Talk about acting range! From cannoli to cannons.
word
and once had giant scissors as hands, that he also pulled off masterfully
And went from being a jeweller to handling a chocolate factory.
@@juanjoyaborja.3054his ex wife? 🤣
Tanto
I always enjoyed “Donnie Brasco.” It’s not flashy or over the top, like a lot of movies in its genre try to be. Pretty pathetic life for Lefty and the other guys (from a movie perspective). Sitting in the same lounge every day, trying to come up with petty scams. Busting open the parking meter got to me lol
Yeah, I always appreciated how it didn't really try to glamorize the "life."
All i know is you better start earning or you gonna get "clipped." you know the worst was the velour warmup suit, looked like something a frumpy housewife would wear. that was sad.
The books so much better then the movie
@Jeremy Thompson If you are smart enough to profit from crime, even for a little while, you are smart enough to earn legally.
@@Jukkala You cant make money murder, thievery, and such legally thougu
I love when Lefty says "What are ya goona do? Take a left off the frickin bridge?"
Funniest shit ever
And then the window thing, “DONNIE YOU WANNA KILL ME WITH THAT DRAFT” hilarious
Who am I Rockefeller, I'm gonna buy a boat?
U dont walk out on me, i wak out on you!
Absolutely love Donnie Brasco. Pacino knocks it out of the park!
Me too! :D And I agree! Johnny Depp also knocks it out of the park, in my opinion.
Love them both. 😍 😍 They’re some of the most brilliant actors imo.
I love how Lefty says shut up Annette after she gives him a compliment
love it too back then the wife or women respected fully the man lefty wasn't mean he was just speaking as a man to girlfriend I wish I was born in the 69,70 so I can live all the best moment till is 2005 or the new generation today generation make Me sick
@@yunuskaran8214 it makes you sick that men and women are respectful to one another?
@@owenhexley6426 this comment is the most useless bait ever. Excuse the mans grammar, but you know what he meant.
A punch of salt
@@yunuskaran8214 bruh
Last time I was this early... well fughetaboutit...
there you should be 2 buttons instead of Like and Dislike
it should be
(Fugetabout it) and (Ahh Fugetabouit it)
and if you tube flags you for a copyright strike, it should be referred to as
YOU TUBE REQUESTED A SIT-DOWN
and if they're gonna cancel your channel it should be referred to as
YOU GOT SENT FOR BY YOU TUBE
and now your'e gonna get Whacked
and it's your be your best friend that takes down your channel
LOL
tomorow ill be on time but you'll be stupid forever
Lol
Gitdafookoutaher
Martin Kuliza noice
"I have two grenades in my house Donnie. I will blow up all of Mulberry Street before I give you up." - Lefty. Even as a kid that line stuck with me.
I’m at simple man I see Michael Franzese I click
@@michaelfranzese You are a great speaker man. Another guy I love listening to, not mob related but a interesting story, ís Matt Cox. He's an interesting guy to listen to.
Get in the kitchen and do some cooking
@@michaelfranzese Anthony Casso stories?
@@michaelfranzese Hey Michael love your videos. I was wandering how well you knew Tommy Desimone? Can you do a video about him? Was he as dangerous as Henry Hill says?
I WAS LOOKING FOR THIS COMMENT 😁😁
My favorite scene is when DB is explaining to the other fbi agents about what forget a bout it means, three words with so many different meanings ! Classic
My fav too
Im not being like them, I am them!
-Sometimes it just means... forget about it. And guess what? if i dont get this boat for left?
-Foggedaboutit?
-Foggedaboutit.
@@henrlima87 "Like Racquel Welsh is one great piece of ass, foggedaboutit".
Yes! Paul Giamatti is in that scene if I am recalling correctly. Don’t recall seeing him in much before that, or before Sideways, came out.
Mob Movie Monday - One of the best things on youtube
@@michaelfranzese Forget about it
@@szzk7937 lol you think your being funny.. if you said that to him back in The day to his face of course because the internet has made every one a tough guy because you have no consequences. But anyway you would never say that in person
Great commentary on this movie Michael.....I really look forward to your analysis,Blessings my friend.
You guys crack me up!😉
We’re really gonna miss this guy when he kicks the bucket at 105 years old long live this man
Dude. Dont even bring that up.
Sonny isn't biological. But their bond is closer than that
Salute Tommy
He is going to live longer than that!
What everyone means when they say the word biological lmao
“I got two grenades in my house, I’ll blow up all Mulberry Street before I give you up.”
A true gangster's words
@@eddp.8289 amen
I wish people or close friend will be loyal like that today sadly social media and attention and bullsh**t got everybody weak I wish I could live those years back then
I need a friend like that
The chemistry between Pacino and Depp was just brilliant in this film. The fugazi scene, the hit in the basement, even the ending with Lefty -accepting his fate- quietly leaving his belongings in an open drawer to be discovered by his wife later. All very memorable scenes. Pacino is my favourite actor and I’ve seen at least 95% of his work. An artist truly passionate about his craft.
Yehh...wish there were people like him today in the entertainment industry. Treating it like it should be treated. An art form. Instead of a platform for politics and propaganda, with disgusting fake, entitled people everywhere.
@@Amadeus_Eisenberg he is still in the entertainment industry. Not all entertainers use their platform for politics
If you've never seen "Author!, Author!", don't sweat it.
"A wise guy is always right. Even when he's wrong he's right!"
Great line
Fuhgeddaboutit! 😁
Yeah, Mike mentioned "I don;t know who did work on dialogue, but it was great and realistic". Well, that's because Pistone himself worked on the movie with them
@@firestorbucket oh that's interesting❕ Ty 👍, now it makes sense❗💁♀️1st time when I saw the D.B.; ... Well I was a kid & Back then, I didnt understood either what Lefty meant🤷♀️ LoL 🙃
Right
This man's demeanor, the way he talks just show respect and humbleness🤔
Cause he's a great man
@@michaelfranzese Whats your opinion of the King of New York?I know its an over the top satire but your opinion please.Thanks.
@@michaelfranzese can U Talk about Casino⁉️I mean once IT wouldn't be NYC, it's with good actorS, true & real (partly),.. IF NOT, CAN U SAY WHY⁉️pls❗
Real gentleman!
Yes sir i agree!! I feel he's a man of realness and he doesnt bullshit and I'm glad to say I'm part of his crew and it has been nothing but helpful to me!! And im also to be helpful to the people on there as well. Anyone that is seeing this if your looking for a nonjudgemental and down to earth community to be apart of as well as a place for advice and genuine conversations. Go to app.michaelfranzese.com/share/lBnmswc8X8Vg1lf5
Franzese is the kind of guy that has endless stories,like a cool uncle.
Except his stories are actually true and he isn't some egomaniac or blowhard.
I'm still in awe that I'm watching mob movie reviews from a legit gangster that was actually present for this. The bar for authentic movie reviews has been raised forever.
"if you get us legitimately, you get us" I wasn't aware of that part of the life. Thanks for the gems Mr Franzese
You should read the book Accardo by FBI agent Bill Roemer
I think he's just trying to sound cool there.
Worth noting there's still a contract out on Joe Pistone.
except the fact that if they "did they work"and find out who donnie was they would have him murdered
@@HiveFleetUlfang1 That contract is, and never was, going to be carried out.
If the mob hit an FBI agent, the mob would be declaring war against the US Dept of Justice. Theyd have so much heat, they wouldn’t be able to steal a .50 newspaper without law enforcement breathing down their neck.
Who needs cable TV. This is better than anything that’s on cable TV today. Awesome videos Michael.
The funny thing is, is that I've been watching this movie for the past few days, and I just watched it before I watched this video. What a coincidence! 😄
1000% true...What plays on tv and on main streaming sites is total fuckin mindless garbage that makes watching paint dry sound pretty damn good.
100%...couldn't agree more! :)
a blackscreen with an endless fartnoise is better than cable tv^^
I ABSOLUTELY AGREES WITH YOU 😊😊😊
I'll say it. I prefer Donnie Brasco over Goodfellas. First 2/3 of Goodfellas is brilliant, but the last stretch with the drugs and helicopters, always lost my interest. Donnie B is solid from beginning to end. Pacino gives possibly his best performance.
Exact same feeling about Goodfellas. Last 3rd just didn't work for me while earlier it was great. Donnie kept me interested till the very end and so did Casino.
Drugs x heli's turned you off the movie ? Why ?
bad take
Damn you serious? The helicopters scene is the one I rewatch regularly. The music OMG and some of Ray Liotta's finest acting!
Bruh, you’re crazy, the third act is just as great as the rest of the movie. I love both movies, but Goodfellas is better than Donnie Brasco. Even thought both are solid.
Pacino's my favorite actor, never understood how he didn't win the Oscar for "Dog Day Afternoon" amazing performance ,then i found out Jack Nicholson won it that year for "One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest" i was like "ehh ok, i can accept that".
Yeah back then they had to decide between what legendary instant classic will get the oscar. Today it's about what movie got the right percentages of races casted.
Yeah jack in cuckoos next may be top 3 ever acting performances.
Back then, they gave awards to movies that were good and people actually watched.
Absolutely. Jack was so good in that role. One of my favorite Pacino performances was Scent of a woman. Amazing role.
LOL like Chuckie? "I can accept that"
BEST line from the movie: "Ain't nothing like the army. The army is some guy you don't know sends you out to whack some other guy you don't know." (Lefty)
About the same Muhammad Ali said re vietnam war
I was in the army. So fucking true.
I caught that comment too and pondered it today. Being a "made man" made Lefty right ( how 'bout that wordplay, huh?). But from my point of view, Donnie was right. Comparing Cosa Nostra to the Army ( or the military in general): both have well-structured hierarchies; lower-level members are called "soldiers"; in both organizations you could be ordered to kill someone you don't know by someone you don't really know; in both, members have an image to maintain; there are rules to be followed; and you're on-call 24/7 - first time I've resorted to that term ( I'm an oldtimer).
I know there are many other similarities and tremendous differences, but on the whole, I'd say military life and life in Cosa Nostra are more alike than different.
@@cedricgist7614 Yeah, especially since boss Salvatore Maranzano, a Roman Empire enthusiast, modeled the heirarchy of Cosa Nostra after the Roman military's chain of command (Godfather 2 even mentions it). The sad truth Lefty here is implying is that soldiers arent forced to lead their friends into a room and put two in the back of their head, that there's a slight comfort in shooting an enemy whose family you don't know, and whose face you might not even see. Wiseguys don't have that comfort. Their killers greet them with a disarming smile.
@@TheLight965 - Good comment. The mention of Maranzano reminds me of the scene in "The Valachi Papers" where Maranzano gives Valachi a book on Caesar's campaigns ( if I rightly recall). I know now that " The Valachi Papers" wasn't as accurate as I thought it to be ( shame on me ) but I often find myself mimicking Joseph Wiseman saying, "And my driver, Joe Valachi" - then I'll ad lib, "And my good friend, Joe Valachi" - all the while recalling that Valachi was conveniently absent when Luciano's hitmen took out Maranzano.
Mr. Franzese, you explain everything so well...
M. Franzese could do a cable show on the mob--such a good speaker
@@michaelsix9684
Bingo
Yes Michael is very articulate. Remember though, that he was in training/under graduate, to become a doctor. He must have had a good education to reach that position. Have a nice day and God bless. 👍
@@michaelfranzese You're wrong!That agent inserted himself ontothat crew.He loved the life.He lived with these people earnedwith them and BROKE the law with these people. Lefty saved his life twice because that agent wanted to set up drug deals unbeknownst to the crew!At least two men wiseguys or not were killed because of that whacko Pistone!GTFOH Michael.
“Donnie! You wanna kill me with that draft?!” lol
Lefty didn't like cold.
@@coolpoolshark lol. Fuhgettaboutit.
Michael FRANZESE is an excellent speaker and analyst. One can see how he got RESPECT.
I think he would have made an excellent lawyer!
The funniest part of that car scene is that lefty was expecting to be clipped but then complains about the draft killing him lol
“What you gonna do take a left off the fucking bridge ?” 😂😂
I can smell the smoke in that car from here... probably smelled like an ashtray in there 😂
Or the first scene where Donnie cracked the window and when Lefty complains, Donnie says, " I'm getting fucking cancer in here " lol
Kevin Ahn The draft is public enemy number one in Croatia, it causes all sort of medical problems... if you listen to the old people anyway. I suspect it is or was the same in Italy.
Fuggetabouit
I can’t believe Michael is 69 years old. He don’t look a day over 45, capische?
Grant Sherman he actually looks better now than he did when he was younger. There’s something really cold and menacing looking about the younger pictures of him, which I guess figures since he was a mafioso
My dad is 55 lookin like he’s 35 😂
cool gamer It’s crazzy My Dads 50 also but all the nurses here at the hospital after I got shot use to say “You and you Brother look alike.” I’m like that’s my damn Dad* lol
@@nwcoastlife think exactly the same as you,suppose hes not under the pressure he was when he was younger,hope I look half as good as he does when I'm 69,if I make it that far.
I agree. He wasn't very attractive to me during his younger years. All that gum chewing really made it worse! But now... I find him extremely attractive. Some men are just like that. 👍🕊
I could listen to Michael franzese talk all day long. Stories for days and a stand up gentleman.
Stories of a stand up gentleman... Good title for his next mixtape!
He’s a degenerate and nowadays real gangsters would murder his family in front of him before torturing him to death.
He's in Fear City.
Me 2
Not a stand-up gentleman by his own definition -- he said himself he considers Lefty a standup guy because he refused to break the oath of omerta they both swore, unlike Michael himself.
The scene where Donnie sits next to lefty in the hospital. Leftys son is dying and Lefty begins to cry is very touching!
Imagine the story's mr franzese has which he can't tell people.
Imagine why don't you go see them for yourself look up Norby Walter's & the smoking gun documents?!?!?!
Micheal trying to act like he a born again Christian but then he wants to make money off this acting like he was this crazy ass mob killer guy kept it solid the whole time foh yeah he made money but he was soft & he testified tell him to tell you about those story's my guy
he would probably say:fughdaboutit
Jae KIDd N his 508 Cents hahaha being a hater haha
Jae KIDd N his 508 Cents wow your such a hater. He’s posting these videos for free, but John Alite is looking for money from his subscribers to see full episodes.
@Lachlan Macquarie Russo is nothing but a phony bullshit artist. He's been called out for it by others including former gangsters.
"You don't walk out on me. I walk out on you."
-Lefty
I could listen to you talk for hours. I just got Blood Covenant as an audiobook and it is amazing! Keep up the great work!
@@szzk7937 don't be like that on this channel. I'm not trying to tell you what to do, and you'll probably say something really nasty in reply, but this isn't that kind of channel. It's trying to be a positive thing…
@@szzk7937 Inappropriate and unacceptable.
@#CHOOSELIFENOTAKNIFE thank you for saying that. ✌🏼 😊
@#CHOOSELIFENOTAKNIFE ain't the question!
@@Oioisavaloy Lol he deleted his comments.
Can we just get this guy to do like a "director's commentary" type thing for all these movies?
Rifftrax partnership
That guy? Mr Michael Franzese.
I think he has...
Rockstar need to hire this man for GTA 6.
Gta seem to be really over the top, maybe a new series like the mafia game but with the rockstar touch.
na,new mafia game
100%
A new GTA in liberty city :)
Stupid video game losers.
Donnie Brasco is currently on UK netflix, just a heads up
Just recently watched it, loved it, great film
The US version as well.
Shawn Johns in the US too??? Fugghetaboutit!
Seen it first about 10 years ago
hope it arrives in asia too. 😍😊
My favorite scene was when Lefty and "Donny" were standing outside and watching the bosses enter the building. That look on Lefty's face of him trying to look important, but feeling left out was all so pathetic. It really made you feel for the poor guy. He was the best man he could be, but he wasn't boss material. I remember as a kid seeing some of the "big guys" in the neighborhood - they seemed like Royalty to us kids. They never looked at any of us either. I know that feeling of being on the outside looking in. It didn't hurt us kids, but must have really hurt a made guy, knowing he was never going to be a top man.
That scene really stood out to me lol
Exactly that scene just hits you...
I mean he was still a made guy and a man of honor nothing to feel bad for
Yeah same always felt that about Lefty
Who was the boss supposed to be who got out the Lincoln then? Was it rusty, carmine or?
If you don’t hear:
“I created a scheme where I defrauded the government out of tax on every gallon of gas sold”
Is it even a Michael Franzese video?
Taking credit for someone's else's job
Lol
Lol
I wanted to make this comment, I compromised, I liked yours instead
@@tonymatrisin4328 charles shwab ova here
Al Pacino was great in this movie, I can relate my parents were heavy smokers in the 70s and my brother and I sitting in a buttoned up car with smoke filling the cabin. We would complain that we were dying and choking but my father would yell at us and say the draft would make us sick!
🤭😂 As kids, when we complained about the smoke filled car & asked parents/grown ups to crack a window the response we'd get was, "The AC is on! We cant waste the AC!"
Whats a draft tho
@@AferAlR It's the movement of air... usually inferring that it's cold air.
You could have grounds for a law suit.
treesab,. Totally agree with you. Cigarette smoke is terrible, I can't take it. I worked in Automotive shops and machine shops a good part of my life. Many different chemicals you had to use. Didn't use to bother me. Now, if I spray paint or use chemicals, I need lots of air or have to leave. Especially after spraying paint. Totally feel your pain. May GOD bless.
The 8 dislikes aren't friends of anybody
Not friends of ours either.
“I can’t cook special like Benny” …”shut up Annette” 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Your a legend Michael Franzese
Y’all give him his flowers while
He’s still here 🙏🏽
true that fam
It’s crazy how this man gets my attention week in week out. Literally the only guy for who I could spend hours behind my phone screen on RUclips. Very interesting stories! Thank you and take care, Michael!
When you have to put Donnie Brasco back on your list to watch, because you didn't realise it was Johnny Depp when you were younger. 😹😹
The only person that holds this movie back is Depp.
The dialogue between him and his wife, especially at the beginning (“put the phone on your pillow. I want to hear your breathe”). That part and others were like nails on a chalkboard.
Do “A Bronx Tale” next week please 🙏🏽
Another great one I saw that film on a family holiday to Cyprus I was on a pullout bed in althe lounge and stayed up late and it came on TV I was about 8 years old.
So many life lessons in Bronx Tale. Great movie!
Great suggestion! Mr. F. Please do a mob movie monday about this one.
Bronx Tale was a good fantasy movie.. a la maybe something Chaz Palmentieri saw. But it was fiction. Flirtation with the life. Real life mob guys are predatory scumbags.
Jocko Adams actually it wasn’t fiction. It was a true story based on Chaz Palimentari growing up in the Fordham section of the Bronx, which is where I was born.
Never realized how boring my other channels were until I stumbled across your channel, so glad I did love the videos I've seen so far, great job! God bless and stay safe!
I've watched this movie yesterday: it's a masterpiece!
Same seen it 2 days ago
You guys just watched this classic....
@@Christian-xj5qc we did bro
@@justindevito6251 literally seen it 3 days ago lol
@@Christian-xj5qc yh I don't know why no one mentioned it to me before .
I always get a good laugh at a scene on the boat.
Lefty says “I’m so disgusted with you right now. You know that?”
Donnie “yeah you just said that”
Lefty *legs crossed with a drink in his hand* “just so you know”
I laugh every time. Such a childish yet believable exchange
"Cowards are always much more dangerous than heroes"💯
Hey Michael i consider you a friend of mine...thank you
On-screen, the chemistry between Lefty (Pacino) and Donnie (Depp) was off the charts great. I love the follow up to that car scene. Lefty doesn't get whacked, gets upset when he gets a lion as a gift from Sonny Black. Donnie tries to get Lefty to look on the bright side that he didn't get clipped and Lefty denies ever suggesting that he was going to get killed.
“...I think I shit my pants.”
To me the best moment was when Lefty tells Donnie he loves him. It was so genuine, and even though he was a mobster, you kinda appreciate him in way.
In real life Sonny Black (they switched them in the movie) really loved Donnie Brasco.
Pacino and Depp really had a good chemistry. Johnny should do more roles like this.
@nowonyuno that was a bad movie, I remember really looking forward to it and feeling really let down.
@@jessemccann9711 the movie was really good what are you talking about?
Michael: "Donnie Brasco is a great movie"
Me: "Nothing but nothing but right"
"nothin' "
He left one thing out Donnie was on the Colombo family side first with a cappo named jillie who was @
Donnie Brasco is classic. The cartoon punch noise when Michael Madsen hits the late great Bruno Kirby really grinds my gears though.
Same cartoon punches in the bathroom scene where the Japanese restaurant owner gets his ass beat
They got alot of parking meters in flarida
I always said that...Movie is great but that punch sound always bothered me.
Chris Schieren so true
"Waaaaaaaaaaaapeeeeeeeaaaatttccccchhhhhhh! "
It’s 22:51 in England and I’ve been waiting all day for this to come out so glad it’s finally here and such a good movie too love your videos Michael
Italian cooking in the 70s.....forgetaboutit
Donnie you wanna kill me with that draft? It always made me laugh so hard that he wouldn’t let him put the window down. I’m so happy you chose this scene. Cinematic Gold!
When your 50 year old dad has more followers then you in social media lol haha
Al Pacino's mannerisms, movements, speech, in this film remind me EXACTLY of my late Uncle Sam. Great work.
The context makes his choice of words "fortunate" and "unfortunate" quite interesting.
Every Italian man thinks he can cook. But, every Italian man will also tell you his mom or his grandmother is the greatest cook who ever lived. Anybody who grew up in an Italian family, no matter how old they are, remembers their grandmother’s sauce/gravy. How her house smelled all day while she was cooking. Italian men do make good cooks, but nothing like grandma could do.
Pacino role as lefty was really good, but can't compare with his role as Michael Corleone. Absolutely flawless!
I think the two roles compliment one another. Going from Michael to Lefty is such a departure.
“Shut up Annette...forgedaabout it”
Kills me every time
I love Lefty so, he was a true old-fashion type stand-up wise guy.
Jo Wei Chen
thats... good. thanks.
When I think of the Italian side of my family perhaps the first thing I think of is the food. I can't watch any cooking scene like that without thinking about my family.
I wish these were longer. The whole movie with audiocommentary by Michael Franzese.
That would be sweet
That first scene: Lefty’s pride combined with “shame”, that he is not a top guy, got exploited by Donnie to blind him and fool him into letting him in.
I'm sure Michael have a lot of stories worth having their own movies.
Today's hollywood would no longer deserve getting its degenerate hands on them, though.
Owing to certain dockets he had better not reveal them, lest he return to jail.
He won’t say anything to directly incriminate himself on something that isn’t already common knowledge. Notice when he talks he doesn’t go into specifics.
"Dunsky"!😂😂
amadeuseisenberg, Totally correct! hollywierd
When Michael Franzese reviews a movie and breaks down scenes he does it so well and to the point it makes you wonder if all the movies critics we've seen and listened to in the last 50 years should have been in another profession //
You have real talent for telling stories. I could listen for hours. It’s awesome you knew all these legendary guys
This needs to be an hour long, when Covid is over, Michael should do a raffle where the winner gets to watch a mob movie with him lol
Omg yasss!!
@@smellycat264 yasss? you serious?
Yes!!!
@@ChristianBaleNutjob bored enough to want more commentary of Michael on Donnie Brasco? oh definitely, bored enough to go on a random comment thread on youtube to try to troll someone? no I haven't reached your level of boredom yet.
I don't dig mob culture...but I would fucking jump at that opportunity.
I am from Boston and would love to hear you talk about Whitey Bulger. It amazes me that Patriarca family allowed him to become so powerful. Were there any rumblings about him being a possible informant? Maybe a st Patrick's day review of Black mass or something? I am very interested in your thoughts. Keep making great videos!
I'm from the Bean and I agree bro!
Michael is so clear & illuminating in his commentary!
Enthralling!
Curious to see what you think about “A Bronx Tale”
That's a great movie. I'd love to see him review that one.
Same here!
Kristie C carlito wasn’t in the mob though he was just a big time Puerto Rican drug dealer/gangster... good movie all the same though!
Great movie!!!!!!
Another movie with Chaz Palminteri that is not realistic at all but still great is Innocent Blood, directed by John Landis. Sort of a cross between Goodfellas and An American Werewolf in London.
You are offering something that so many of us Mob enthusiasts have been craving!! Thank you so much!!
Remember he's selling a story mostly fiction
I was just gonna comment on how they're so many Mob enthusiasts...
I always admired sonny black for being a stand up guy and going to a meeting he knew he would never walk away from. He died like a soldier
It is said that when they started on him to kill him he said, "you're not doing it right".
@Paulo Eclectik It is possible that it's not true. I think it was Selwyn Raab who said it. But he wasn't there so we don't know for sure.
Michael "Let me tell you something" Franzese
By god this guy can talk, its a good thing, 🤩
*LET ME TELL YA THIS, AS A MATTAH A FACT*
Let me tell you a couple of three things
The way he speaks about his past life is very deep and authentic. He shows respect and humbleness to everybody we knew back then and everyone he knows now. He is just an awesome man. Keep up the good work man❤️
Good video Michael. Almost at 100k!! proud of you.. See you at 1 MILLION! haha you deserve it brother
What a coincidence.. I watched Donnie Brasco yesterday for the sixth time and now I understand the story a lot more
I’ve always thought that Al Pacino’s portrayal of Lefty was one of his greatest performances. He was big load his presence was all over the screen. It’s very underrated.
Scent of a woman,and why not Scarecrow-with Gene Hackman
I can listen to Michael's stories & details about the Mob Life just as many times that I've watched Goodfellas... He's a smooth laid back dude & God Bless em that he was able to leave his place & position as a mobster without a bullet in his head...
ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOVIES. CANT WAIT TO SEE A SITDOWN WITH THE MAN HIMSELF JOE PISTONE.
"Shut up Annette, forget about it." I love that scene
Watched again yesterday, what an amazing movie and performance by Depp and Pacino
My family is from Cleveland. I have Don King stories. He used to answer to my family about the numbers.
This made me watch Donnie Brasco and what a movie that was! Forget about it.
*Im gonna go get the papers get the papers...wait. wrong movie*
shinebox
Varsity athlete
I've been watching you on RUclips for a few months and today I finally subscribed. Thank you for what you are doing. Keep it up! You and your family are in my prayers.
I would love to hear some interesting Tony Mirra stories, I've heard about how volatile he was.
I think that’s an italian thing. My father use to say the same story about the cooking
Question for you:
Could you please go through some alliances and wars you went through with the Irish Mob?
Thank you Michael and Co. and God Bless.
Pacino is an Acting Genius.
❤❤❤❤